Explaining the increasing incidence of differentiated thyroid cancer

The author comments on the increasing number of cases of differentiated thyroid cancer. The author stated that the number of new cases diagnosed each year is similar to that of leukemia, pancreatic cancer and oropharyngeal cancer. He explains few reasons for this are the true increase of the disease which became epidemic and the increased in the use of ultrasonography and fine-needle aspiration biopsy.

Aim: To examine time trends in thyroid pathology in Mures County and border areas and to analyze the distribution of their different histological forms in a 20 year retrospective study (1990-2009). To observe the impact of Chernobyl nuclear accident on patients who were children and adolescents...

Thyroid incidentalomas are commonly found on cross-sectional imaging of the neck and they are equally likely to be malignant as palpable thyroid nodules. Guidelines on their management are conflicting. Ultrasonography cannot accurately differentiate benign from malignant thyroid nodules and fine...

The recent prevalence of ultrasonography (US) has facilitated the early detection and qualitative evaluation of thyroid nodules. Furthermore, novel technical developments are extending the application range of US for other thyroid diseases. The use of US to differentiate between thyroid...

Objectives: To determine frequency of malignancy in solitary thyroid nodule. Design: Case-series study. Place and Duration of Study: The study was conducted at Department of Surgery, Combined Military Hospital Rawalpindi, from April 2002 till April 2003. Patients and Methods: Sixty patients with...

Ultrasonography is the most useful tool for detection and evaluation of thyroid nodules. In this study, we present our classification system for ultrasonographic evaluation, which has been routinely performed since 1995. Of 1244 nodules identified by ultrasonography in 900 patients, 1145 nodules...

Background: The objective of this study was to evaluate the validity of fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) according to ultrasonography (US) characteristics in thyroid nodules 4 cm and larger. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the cases of 263 patients who underwent thyroid surgery for...

Thyroglossal duct cysts are the most frequently encountered congenital abnormality of the neck, and are described extensively in the literature. The high incidence of this abnormality and its presence in all age groups requires clinicians to be aware of the clinical features, etiology, and...

Background: Traditionally, repetition of fine-needle aspiration (FNA) is indicated for thyroid nodules with initially benign cytology if they exhibit growth. The importance of a repetition has also been demonstrated in the case of suspicious ultrasonography (US) findings. Some authors even...

Ultrasonic examination of the thyroid is essential in any diagnostic process on the thyroid. It helps to meet the challenge of identifying the few malignant among the thousands of benign nodules. Besides tumour infiltration in surrounding tissue and lymph node metastases - which may prove...